Focke-Achgelis Fa 269
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VTOL Project,.....
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So,....let's see what we have got here. Well sorted and protected resin parts. Vaccu formed clear parts and a sheet of decals.
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I start with the quite massive fuselage section. Quality of the part is good - fine panel lines, smooth surfaces and just 2 pinholes dedected.
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Drilling out exhaust pipes,....
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...and some scratching of instruments to fill the quite empty cockpit. I used the box art as reference as I was not able to get hold of some "real" picture or drawing evidence.
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First Paint job on this bird,....
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...and finally - Cockpit mainly finished.
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Adding some wires to the cockpit panel
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Ready for assembly.
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The vacu formed blister before cutting out the particular pieces.
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Clueing in the front panel....
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...and try fit of the cockpit section.
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Unfortunallty the joint goes through the front wind screen and overhead pane. I decided to cut both away and to replace them by a "full" shield.
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New pane #1...
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and #2.
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Joining the clear part onto the resin fuselage was quite challenging. Some filling and sanding was needed to get an smooth transition.
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Then I opened the air intakes to make the appearance of the "mouth" more prominent.....
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The construction plan is not very precise and not good legible - I guess this two bulges should be the frontsection of the cockpit.
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I could not identify on my available material if the nose is/was transparent on the original craft. I dicided YES.
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Bringing in some details to the wheel bay.
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Some stringers, wires and hoses added. I guess I can start the painting.....
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Quite some surgery was necessary to cut all the masks for the window panes.
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A pair of bay doors was missing. I scratched them out of thin styrene and added some stringers on the inner side of the panels.
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First Layer of black primer is on.
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I like to use Ultimate Primer since I followed a recommendation. Good stuff 🙂
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Marbling started with RLM76.
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After some more mottling.
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The result after applying RLM75 for the dotted camo look.
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These dots and my airbrush - I story on it's own - I will not share here 😉
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Highlighted some details at the wheel bay.
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Colours almost done. Getting the bird ready for decals,....
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...almost done. I do not have much trust in the landing gears. The long and thin legs are....well, let's see how long they will do their job. 🙂
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DONE !
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Hozzászólások
30 15 February 2022, 11:39
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Hi Lukasz, Robert, Thomas. Nice to have you on board.
Some progress with the lawn mower project. Interior mainly done.
The canopy is a 2 half vaccu molded blister....not sure yet how to avoid the parting line right through the front and top window..??..That's something I have to work off during next week.
27 February 2022, 16:12
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Jürgen, I have never heard about this plane. Very cool from you, that you build it and show us this rarity.
14 March 2022, 16:40
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Thx Robert and S M for your comments.
Hi Stefan, amoungst others I have a weakness for x-projects/experimental crafts AND for short runner kits. This one was the perfect combination.
15 March 2022, 15:57
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Those wheel bays definitely look better.
I'll have to try that Ultimate primer.
28 March 2022, 10:01
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Thx Gorby & Guillaume. And yes, S M, I did this to reduce masking efforts. Hope it turns out ok then.
29 March 2022, 04:50
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Nice progress. The dot camo looks very good, I have yet to try something similar.
2 April 2022, 13:36
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Thx S M & Alec.
Now the bird is in it's final colour. It is ready to receive the decals as a next step.
24 April 2022, 16:19
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Hi there. After some weeks of absence, due to construction work on the house I was able to work a bit on Fa 269. A few hours more and I will be DONE with this one.
11 June 2022, 18:00
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DONE !
Finally I am happy to show you some pic's of my FA269 project. I hope you like it. cheers
13 June 2022, 19:17
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What an oddity of an aircraft! I had no idea it even existed. Tilt-rotor aircraft are a major engineering challenge nowadays still, not to mention 80 years ago.
Congratulations on the hard work and wonderful result! What a nice topic!
13 June 2022, 20:23
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Hi everyone and many thanks for leaving your nice comments. It's always motivating, especially on such pain creating kits (at least during the build phase). Finding appreciation afterwards compensate a lot.
14 June 2022, 18:37